Nintendo Needs A Management Shake-Up

[Tarumon]

It's not that marketing was misdirected or underachieved...it was unfunded. There wasn't much because there would not have been ANY software with which to accompany sales anyway. Nintendo were buying time, didnt want to miss holiday 2012, so Wii U came out. It's close to middle of February and the long download, long load time, lack of DVR, no Google Maps..still are left unresolved. Google is an American company and JAPAN got google maps up and running, but not here? Hello?

Nintendo let the success of Wii get to their head. They were unwilling to accept that the Wii was indeed gimicky. Innovative with motion controls, VERY. Success, Yes. But offered little in terms of enduring value. A perfect example of a product line taking over a company.

Nintendo got caught milking Wii for dollar profits in the short term without realizing the brand also tarnished Nintendo's reputation, in fact willingness, to engage mainstream console gamers again. Even with 3DS, they rushed it to market and only had rehashed games in 3D which captured neither people's enthusiasm nor imagination for either the device or the games. Wii U's January and first week of february  had NOTHING and Nintendo decided to push 1st party games onto next fiscal year instead.

I see people getting upset over Ubisoft but did we forget Nintendo pushed back their own first party games? There has been no one defending the fort as far as Wii U is concerned. Ubisoft has every right to delay because Nintendo itself is not throwing money at Wii U, why should they?

Nintendo of America seems to serve little purpose. They have stakes in a baseball team and the dude that decided to buy them has yet to even see a game in person. As a shareholder I'd love to see Ninetendo get rid of the team as well as Reggie. Iwata isnt even willing to let Reggie star in Nintendo Directs, what kind of input or role can he have strategically?